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During the 75-minute impromptu Q&A with journalists, Trump wrongly claimed that his victory had been “the biggest electoral college win since Ronald Reagan”.

President Donald Trump during the press conference Credit:
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“I'm here following through on what I pledged to do. That's all I'm doing. I put it out before the American people, got 306 electoral college votes. I wasn't supposed to get 222. They said there's no way to get 222, 230's impossible,” said Trump.

“270 which you need, that was laughable. We got 306 because people came out and voted like they've never seen before so that's the way it goes.

“I guess it was the biggest electoral college win since Ronald Reagan. In other words, the media's trying to attack our administration because they know we are following through on pledges that we made and they're not happy about it for whatever reason.”